HAVE you ever wondered what would happen if you forgot to top up your petrol once the warning light comes on?

Most people head straight to the petrol station when the orange light on your dashboard starts flickering or your gauge goes below the E.

But sometimes bad forward planning means you’re nowhere near a petrol station or maybe you’re already running late and you simply don’t have time to refuel.

So when you’re running on empty how long do you have before your vehicle stops dead in its tracks?

Well, MoneySupermarket have the answer, at least for the most popular cars in the country.

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The figures supplied by MS show that most cars can go for around 40 miles (give or take) on empty before the vehicle will be truly empty and you’ll be out of juice and stuck.

Top 10 most common cars in the UK and how much fuel they are still carrying after the warning light comes on.

Top 10 most common cars in the UK and how much fuel they are still carrying after the warning light comes on

Is it dangerous to drive with the low fuel light on?

It’s not so much dangerous, more that it’s just an unnecessary risk. However, if the car was to run out of petrol and break down in the middle of the road that is a potentially dangerous situation. If you’re dangerously close to the empty light and in an unfamiliar location, use your satnav or Google Maps act to show you where the nearest petrol stations are.

How does Google Maps know how long your journey will take?

Accurate traffic speeds are calculated using data that Google collects from its Google Maps Navigation users and there is more than 35 million miles driven by Navigation users every day.

Google is able to do this because all iPhones that have Google Maps open and Android phones that have location services turned on send anonymous bits of data back to Google.